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Achievements
Ongoing Initiatives
Future Goals
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While many of the responsibilities of the NWMB
are long-term, ongoing tasks, there have been a number of achievements
over the years and a number of future goals have recently been undertaken
by the Board.
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- the completion and publication of the Inuit
Bowhead Knowledge Study, a five-year study that documented
Inuit traditional knowledge about bowhead whales in Nunavut.
- the development of a draft "Assignment Form," a requirement under
the NLCA, to help with assignment of the right to harvest, as described
in the NLCA.
- the development of culturally appropriate Rules
of Practice for Public Hearings. The Rules meet all the requirements
of natural justice and procedural fairness, but do so in a way
that reflects a predominantly oral Inuit culture. NOTE: You need
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- the establishment of the Nunavut Wildlife Resource Centres Coalition
(coming soon) to link the resource centre materials found in the
offices of the various wildlife management agencies in Iqaluit.
- the establishment of the Nunavut
Wildlife Research Trust to fund government wildlife research.
- the annual allocation of turbot and shrimp quotas to Nunavut
fishing interests
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- the Nunavut
Wildlife Harvest Study, now in its fifth and final year of
collecting harvest data from Inuit across the territory. The information
will help the NWMB set basic needs levels (BNLs) for Inuit. These
basic needs levels will ensure that the first allocation from any
total allowable harvest established by the NWMB will be to Inuit.
- the development of successful walrus sport hunts in several Nunavut
communities.
- the development of a modern polar bear management system, as reflected
in the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between the territorial
government and Hunters and Trappers Organizations (HTOs). A comprehensive
review of the MOUs is now underway.
- a new beluga
management system for Iqaluit and Kimmirut, and a new narwhal
management system that initially began in Qikiqtarjuaq, Pond
Inlet and Repulse Bay, with a view to expansion to other Nunavut
communities in the future. These systems reflect the principles
and objectives of Article
5 under the NLCA – basically, that Inuit systems of wildlife
management contribute to the conservation of wildlife and protection
of wildlife habitat, and that there is a need for an effective
role for Inuit in all aspects of wildlife management.
- in tandem with the Department of Sustainable Development, Inuit
Tapirisat of Canada and others, lobbying to convince U.S. lawmakers
to amend that country's Marine Mammal Protection Act. The import
of seal products into the United States has been illegal since the
Act came into effect in 1972.
- working with Government departments to revise legislation affecting
Nunavut to reflect the authority of the NLCA.
- working with other members of the Nunavut Fisheries Working Group
(DSD, DFO, NTI) to promote Nunavut's interests in the offshore fisheries
adjacent to Nunavut. DFO's recent announcement that Nunavut fishers
will be allocated 100% of the new turbot quota in NAFO Subarea 0A
is a recognition of these efforts.
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- plan for the increased workload that our Board will face once we
start to apply the basic needs levels in allocating total allowable
harvests, after completion of the Nunavut
Wildlife Harvest Study in 2003.
- set qualifications for big game hunting guides, based on recommendations
from the Big
Game Guides Working Group.
- along with the Department of Sustainable Development and Nunavut
Tunngavik Inc., review Nunavut's polar bear management system
- use the information in the Inuit
Bowhead Knowledge Study in any decision affecting the Eastern
Arctic bowhead whale populations.
- based on recommendations from the Walrus
Working Group, put a new walrus management system in place
for Nunavut
- review and approve as appropriate:
- the Management Plan for the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary
- the Integrated Fishery Managment Plan for Northern Shrimp
2000-2002
- the Co-management Plan for the Bluenose-East Caribou Herd
- participate in the development of the Nunavut Wildlife Act,
including the possibility of greater authority for the NWMB under
a new Wildlife Act
- consider future challenges beyond July 9, 2003, when the NWMB arrives
at the 10-year funding mark set out by the Implementation Contract
to the Nunavut Final Agreement. The next funding period and amount
is to be negotiated with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Read
more about future challenges in our April 1, 2000 - July 9, 2003
workplan (coming soon). NOTE: You need Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01
(Version 4.0 or higher recommended) to open these files. Click here to
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